Article 4
1. On the basis of the notifications referred to in Article 3, the Commission shall inform Member States to what extent authorisations for quantities applied for may be granted in view of the maximum total volume referred to in Article 1(1). Member States shall communicate the authorisations to the applicants within seven working days following the relevant time limit for the receipt of applications as referred to in Article 2(2), subject to paragraph 2 of this Article. Authorisations shall be issued for all admissible and plausible applications notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 3. 2. Where the aggregated volume covered by aid applications notified pursuant to Article 3 exceeds the maximum total volume referred to in Article 1(1), the Commission shall, by means of an implementing act to be adopted without applying the procedure referred to in Article 229 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, fix an allocation coefficient, which Member States shall apply to the quantity covered by each aid application. Where an allocation coefficient is fixed for the reduction period concerned, aid applications submitted for subsequent reduction periods as referred to in Article 2(2) shall be rejected and it shall no longer be possible to submit applications for the next reduction periods. Authorisations shall be issued for the quantities covered by aid applications, multiplied by the allocation coefficient.